As part of a 3-month secondment, SINet is now being hosted at Maritime Robotics. The goal will be to explore networking solutions suitable for low-bitrate and long-range links, typically used in maritime environments (e.g. VHF links). Ultimately, this will allow better coverage and coordination of unmanned operations, such as bathymetry data collection.

As a researcher, Svalbard has always caught my attention and admiration, being the headquarters for so many scientific missions and their unparalleled findings about our world and its climate. Last week, I had the privilege of visiting the archipelago and participate in an intense summer school about the Arctic Ocean and the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ), at UNIS.

Despite focusing my research on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the past two years have targeted the development of ICTs in coastal and maritime operations, namely through the SINet MSCA IF. These operations are particularly challenged in harsh regions such as the Arctic, where infrastructures are scarce or non-existent. But why is this issue relevant? What kind of operations would take place in the Arctic?